Tweets on Israel Cost Professor a New Job

Inflammatory Comments Prompt University of Illinois to Rescind Offer

An outspoken critic of Israel on the verge of taking a new tenured university job has learned a tough lesson about academic freedom: It doesn't necessarily apply when you are between jobs.

In recent months, Steven Salaita, a professor of indigenous studies, wrote dozens of inflammatory tweets condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's military assaults in Gaza. He wrote the tweets after leaving his tenured job...